R&R

Wow. These five day work weeks are killing me! And April vacation is still 5 weeks away. I almost stayed home today; I even had lesson plans set to go so that I could stay home, but in the end I decided to tough it out. Why? Not sure. I certainly won't get any kind of almost-perfect attendance award at the end of the year. I guess I just decided that I could make it through the day despite my migraine, so I should.

I had a lemon drop martini when I got home--as my reward and as a sedative, and took a one hour power nap afterward. And, then, because I couldn't even think about cooking, I took myself out for dinner. And now I'm home, most of the lights off, relaxed and writing you a note.

It was great to catch up with you earlier this week...As I said, I'm really looking forward to this summer, to getting to see you and D and J, and that is definitely the light at the end of the tunnel this year. I feel like I've been really stressed out this year for a variety of reasons, despite functioning fairly normally (I think), and if I can at least take away the daily routine of work--that is, having to put on a happy face while all of the stress eats away at me--it will do me good. It will do me wonders to have my R&R with good friends.

On that note, I hope you have a good weekend, a couple of days of R&R in good company.

Love you,
Barb